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Monday, 25 November 2019

Abortion trends by gender
(Poll, Gallup)

Women are more pro-life than men
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

The great American slumber?
(William Schweiker, Sightings: The University of Chicago Divinity School)

We're less and less a Christian nation, and I blame some blowhards
(Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Opinion)

Supreme Court grants review in RFRA damages case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

FNU Tanzin v. Tanvir (RFRA damages case)
(Case information page, SCOTUSblog)

Religion Watch, November 2019, Volume 35 No. 1
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

The most dangerous anti-Semitic lie — The return of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
(Aviya Kushner, Forward)

Argentine health chief quits in abortion fight with conservative president
(Marina Lammertyn, Reuters)

UK: Women are the losers in Labour’s trans equality fight
(Julie Bindel, The Spectator)

Ireland: Hospitals warned they must ensure legal requirements for abortions are met
(Paul Cullen, The Irish Times)

Switzerland: The Jewish cemetery in no man’s land
(Ester Unterfinger, Swiss Info)

EU agencies, service providers take down IS propaganda
(Mike Corder, Associated Press)

Yiddish author monument vandalized with swastikas in Ukraine
(Associated Press)

Zurich:: Doctor cleared in death of British assisted suicide companion
(Swiss Info)

Bishop voices concern over proposed anti-conversion law in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

How has Islamophobia transformed French politics toward Muslims?
(Ramazan Kilinc, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

As data shows most Catholics don't accept transubstantiation, new book seeks to help
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Echoing Japanese bishops, Pope backs abolition of nuclear power
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Why religious narratives are crucial to tackling climate change
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

10,000 passengers ride buses as Shabbat service launches in Tel Aviv
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Top UK rabbi slams Labour, says ‘soul of nation’ at risk
(Jill Lawless)

British women ‘being forced into polygamous relationships’ because law lets them down, campaigners say
(May Oppenheim, The Independent [UK])

Japan rules against divorced parents seeking access to children
(Chang-Ran Kim, Reuters)

Ukrainian government still insists that Moscow church change its name
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Another case of vague prosecution of a Jehovah's Witness rejected
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Authorities rounding up Jehovah's Witnesses' Scriptures
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Interreligious Council of Russia calls on int'l community to restore Middle East's holy sites
(Interfax-Religion)

Egyptian woman 'wins court battle' over unequal inheritance laws
(BBC News)

Uri Regev: Religious freedom is important to Israelis, and could bring down Netanyahu
(Sue Fishkoff, J. The Jewish News of Northern California)

Sunday, 24 November 2019

UK: Catholic students at pro‑choice university ‘risk excommunication’
(Nicholas Hellen, The Sunday Times)

The Catholic affinity with the Japanese imperial family
(Nicolas Senèze, La Croix International)

In Japan, Pope Francis condemns nuclear weapons as immoral
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis urges Japanese to address suicide, depression in Tokyo speech
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Saturday, 23 November 2019

State and Church in the European Union: Third Edition
(Gerhard Robbers, ed., Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft)

Inside the war for California's cannabis churches
(Arit John, The New York Times)

Challenges to chaplaincy program dropped after changes are made
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wis. DOJ drops chaplaincy program, FFRF dismisses lawsuit
(Freedom From Religion Foundaion)

Proselytizing does not rise to level of intentional infliction of emotional distress
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 22 November 2019

China pressuring priest at center of agreement with Vatican
(Associated Press)

Philippine Church dedicates 2020 to dialogue for “human fraternity”
(Robin Gomes, Vatican News)

Remembering the real Mister Rogers — as in the Rev. Fred Rogers (post from June 25, 2018)
(Terry Mattingly, On Religion)

South Sudan opposition appeals to Church for help in peace process
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Argentine bishop blasts prosecutors for seeking arrest order
(Associated Press)

Turkmenistan: Latest conscientious objector jailed for three years
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Nicaragua: Pro-government crowd attacks church parishioners
(Gabriela Selser, Associated Press)

Pope meets Argentine Interreligious Dialogue Institute
(Herald Malaysia Online)

Netanyahu at war with legal system
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Modern genetics will improve health and usher in “designer” children: It may also provoke an ethical storm
(The Economist)

Discrimination bill goes beyond matters of religion
(Mark Fowler, The Weekend Australian)

Israel’s Netanyahu charged in corruption cases
(Aron Heller, Religion News Service)

Islam and Orthodox Christianity have the same values, Putin says
(The Moscow Times)

Conversion therapy bans are a step forward but LGBTIQ acceptance and inclusion holds the key
(Jessica Stern, EuroNews)

Am I my brother's keeper? (Matthew Kaemingk challenges Christians to defend the religious freedom of all faiths as they do their own)
(Rebecca Atkinson, Convivium)

New 'playing God' technique to produce 'designer babies' may launch in a few months
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

The cost of coming forward: 1 survivor’s life after #MeToo
(Yonat Shimron, Associated Press)

New Yorker piece on crisis pregnancy centers incites rather than informs
(Julia Duin)

US rabbis from three Jewish movements call for Stephen Miller’s firing
(Yonat Shimron, GetReligion)

Friday Five: RNS/AP partnership, Mister Rogers, Chick-fil-A, personal story, Curmudgeon humor
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Podcast thinking: Fred Rogers, Tom Hanks, the Good Samaritan and the ties that bind
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

In advance of Tom Hanks movie opening, AP goes to Pittsburgh and explores Mister Rogers' faith
(Bobby Ross Jr.)

New images of Mr. Rogers’ ‘Neighborhood’ on eve of new film
(Gene J. Puskar, Associated Press)

Across Mister Rogers’ actual neighborhoods, his faith echoes
(Ted Anthony, Associated Press)

In our opinion: This Thanksgiving, the real craving is for the goodness of Mister Rogers
(The Editorial Board, Deseret News)

Tom Hanks’ Mister Rogers isn’t the main character in ‘Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.’ Here’s why that’s a good thing
(Josh Terry, Deseret News)

Supreme Court will hear case over no-fly list
(Associated Press)

Justices grant government’s petition in dispute over lawsuit against FBI agents
(Amy Howe, SCOTUS Blog)

Note to sports writers: America magazine's Notre Dame football feature required reading this fall
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)

This web designer shouldn't have to wait to be free to create
(Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski, The Daily Signal - Commentary)

Most Americans want to protect churches and people of faith. Then it gets complicated
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Regulating holiday decorations a seasonal struggle for cities
(J.D. Capelouto, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Third Thursdays with Ruthie: The intersection of religion and labor law
(Ogletree Deakins, Lexology)

USCIRF releases new reports on religious freedom in Indonesia and Vietnam
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Notre Dame adjunct rebuts Barr's contentious talk on religious freedom
(Catherine M. Odell, National Catholic Reporter)

Event, 22 November 2019: Religion in Mexican Politics, Migration, and Mexican American Communities, 1920-2020
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Atheist group says Kanye West's jail house performance violated the Constitution
(Lori Arnold, Christian Headlines)

Sex abuse victims sue claiming unfair settlements by Catholic church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Render unto thy neighbor what is they neighbor's: The Neighborly Faith conference at Wheaton College
(Micah eadowcroft, Providence Mag)

Lawsuit: Church pressured victims into unfair settlements
(Michael Rezendes, Associated Press)

The last Shakers?: Keeping the faith in a community facing extinction
(Katherine Lucky, Commonweal)

Chick-fil-A denies capitulating to LGBT activists; Christian groups won't be excluded from donations
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Canada's Anglicans are vanishing and RNS can't find any conservatives to debate the reasons why
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

China’s campaign to silence Americans (and religious freedom)
(Robert Carle, Religion Unplugged)

Pope calls Catholics in Thailand to follow in footsteps of early missionaries
(Catholic News Agency)

Sahel bishops seek peace for region facing growing humanitarian crisis
(Catholic News Service)

Transgender Catholic sues Argentine bishop
(Rodney Pelletier, Church Militant)

This Portuguese Jewish community couldn’t afford a rabbi. Now it made a $1 million movie appearing on Netflix.
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Are religious minorities safe in the BJP's India?
(International Christian Concern)

Many in Venezuela’s 2nd city turn to prayer, not politics
(Scott Smith, Associated Press)

Cameroon prelates lead ‘peace caravans’ to troubled Anglophone regions
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Patriarch of Jerusalem initiates meeting of heads of local churches in Amman with view to preserving church unity
(Interfax-Religion)

Statue of Christ at Shandong church replaced with a lightning rod
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Indian court to set law on women's entry in temples, mosques
(The Philadelphia Tribune)

China pressures Trump to veto bill of solidarity with Hong Kong protesters
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

SBC Pres. JD Greear says he'll refer to trans individuals by their preferred pronouns
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Harvest report pins ‘massive corporate governance failure’ on former pastor
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Paige Patterson’s career ended after Megan Lively came forward. Her struggle continues
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Argentinian court dismisses transgender man's suit against Catholic Church that refused to change his name on records
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Attorney General Becerra protects California in triumph over Trump administration’s harmful healthcare refusal rule
(Office of the Attorney General (California))

Federal executions put on hold while court case moves forward
(Catholic News Agency)

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